Cefn yr Ogof
Cefn yr Ogof is the highest point of the hill to the west of Gwrych Castle near Abergele and Llanddulas. Ownership of the hillside is divided into three categories; an area managed by Welsh National Resources on behalf of the National Assembly of Wales…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 669 feet
- Description: hill (204.4m) in Conwy County Borough
- Also known as: “Cefn Yr Ogof”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gwrych Castle and Abergele Golf Club.
Gwrych Castle
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gwrych Castle is a Grade I listed country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales. On an ancient site, the current building was created by Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh and his descendants over much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Abergele Golf Club
Golf course
Abergele Golf Club is a golf club located in Abergele, Conwy, Clwyd, Wales. The 18-hole course was formed in 1910 and established itself at its present location in 1968 near Gwrych Castle and is a member of the Community amateur sports club.
Castell Cawr
Archaeological site
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Castell Cawr, or Tan-y-Gopa as it is known locally, is a heavily forested hill above the town of Abergele in Conwy county borough, Wales. On it is found the Iron Age hillfort of Castell Cawr, which overlooks the River Clwyd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyd y Foel and Llanddulas.
Rhyd y Foel
Village
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Rhyd-y-foel is a small village near the coast of north Wales in the area of Rhos in the County Borough of Conwy, Wales. It is named after the old ford over the River Dulas.
Llanddulas
Village
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Llanddulas is a village in Conwy county borough, Wales, midway between Old Colwyn and Abergele and next to the North Wales Expressway in the community of Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-foel.
Llysfaen
Village
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llysfaen is a village and community in Conwy County Borough overlooking the north coast of Wales, and situated on the hill Mynydd Marian. For local government purposes, it is also a ward. The community includes the Peulwys estate of Old Colwyn.
Cefn yr Ogof
- Categories: hill, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-foel, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.28165° or 53° 16′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.62596° or 3° 37′ 34″ westElevation
669 feet (204 metres)Open location code
9C5R79JF+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 3141556939OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Cefn yr Ogof” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cefn yr Ogof”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سيفن ير اوجوف”
- Welsh: “Cefn Ogo”
- Welsh: “Cefn yr Ogof”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pen-y-groesffordd and Gwyrch Castle Northern Towers.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cefn yr Ogof”. Photo: Mattcymru2, CC BY-SA 3.0.